Translation:
Liu Ningzhi, nicknamed Zhi 'an for many years, is from Zhijiang, South County. His father is a public official and used to be the magistrate of Hengyang; Brother Gong Sheng, arrogant, is not an official. Ning admired Lao Laizi and gave all his possessions to his younger brother and nephew and built a house in the middle of nowhere. He doesn't eat the food he earned, and people in the state value his moral behavior.
The state respectfully recommended him as Cao's master book for many times, and recommended him as a scholar, but he did not take office. His wife is the daughter of the state of Liangzhou, and his dowry is very rich, so he distributed all his money to relatives and friends.
Excerpt from the original:
Liu Ningzhi, whose real name is Zhi 'an and nickname is Chang, is from Zhijiang, South County. Father, Hengyang satrap. My brother is a man, noble but not official. Ning is eager to be old and be a man, pushing his family wealth and his younger brother and son to settle down in the wild unless he can't eat. The country cherishes its virtues. State three rites monarch west cao master book, don't. His wife Quanguo, Liangzhou Secretariat, also sent her rich and scattered relatives.
Liu Ningzhi's life and ancestral hall;
1, the life of Liu Ningzhi
Liu Ningzhi, nicknamed Zhi 'an for many years, is from Bailizhou, Zhijiang, South County, Jingzhou. His father, Liu Qigong, was the prefect of Hengyang; Brother Gong Sheng, arrogant, is not an official. Liu Ningzhi admired hermits Lao Laizi and Yan Ziling, gave his property to his younger brother and nephew, built a house in the middle of nowhere, and didn't eat the food he earned. Jingzhou people speak highly of his moral behavior.
According to legend, Liu Ningzhi resigned and retired to serve his relatives, and built a house with pavilions and gardens, which was modestly called "Liu Jiaxiang" and later referred to as "Liu Xiang". In the 29th year of Guangxu (1903), Liu Jiapu recorded his ancestral home in Zixi Mountain, Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province. During the reign of Yuan Taiding, Liu visited the ruins of Liu Ning, the ancestor of the Southern Dynasties, and settled here.
2. Liu Ningzhi's ancestral hall
The descendants of Liu Ningzhi have been handed down in Liuxiang Town for more than 50 generations, and the Liu family built an ancestral temple in Liuxiang three times. Liu Jia Ancestral Temple, rebuilt in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, is located near Liujiazu Temple in the northwest corner of Liuxiang Old Street. In 1970s, in order to expand Liuxiang Health Center, it was demolished. In the memory of Liu's people, there is still a couplet hanging on the door of Liu's ancestral hall: "First-class loyal minister and dutiful son, second, studying and ploughing."